Crows, Ravens, Magpies - Murder, Manipulation, & Poison

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Corvids like crows, ravens, magpies, and jays are some of the most intelligent not just birds, but animals on the entire planet. They are exceptionally keen problem solvers. They may be the most interesting birds on the planet. That said, some of their closest relatives, in the clade Corvoidea, certainly give them a run for their money.
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[@JasonJBrunet]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@QWERTYOP80]

I think it might be time to change the name of the channel…

[@user-McGiver]

Hi Clint!... I'm fascinated by budgies... I have 10 flying around free in my house [!] their upper jaw is moving instead of the lower one connected to the skull, making me think, can they have evolved from crawling lizards like crocodiles?...

[@KCSutherland]

I once got into a whistling battle with a crow. It was the only bird I've ever whistled at that recognized I was copying it, and proceeded to take that as a challenge. After a few back and forths chirps and twiddles, it proceeded to casually whistle a 4-octave glissando like the world's longest slide whistle, and I can only assume dropped a proverbial microphone. I've never been so thoroughly outclassed in my life.

[@mandowarrior123]

I harbour no doubt it is intentional. Crows, like Chimps are perfectly capable of humour, and it seemed logical to test your range.

[@jameswoodard4304]

He's like, "Dude, I can learn to talk if I want to just for fun. Bird noises are *what I do* boi!"

[@nckojita]

i befriended the crows around my house so they wouldn’t harass my cat when i take him on walks outside & honestly i think it’s the best way to interact with these birds. they’re so interesting to watch once they’re comfortable around you

[@Sam-mh4sb]

My favorite story is the person who befriended the crows of the neighborhood and they got protective. So the whole neighborhood befriended the crows. When there was an ice storm one of the older neighbors fell and was stuck outside. So the crows screamed until the neighbors came out to figure out what was happening and managed to save their neighbor because the crows sounded the alarm. I love them so much.

[@nckojita]

@@Sam-mh4sb they are really just so insanely smart! i’ve heard that story too and so many similar ones. i really think the best part is that once you’ve befriended them they’ll teach their descendants to also be your friend so you can even get crow friends for life if you live in the same place long enough, it’s so amazing. of course this also happens if you make them your enemy even by accident which is kind of unfortunate lol

[@vapormissile]

Amen! Raw peanuts make it easy. Crow power. Positive waves.

[@stanleyhyde8529]

You know you've made it when they start bringing you gifts. They really let you know when they like you

[@Sam-mh4sb]

@@nckojita I once had to bury a baby crow that the dog I was pet sitting had found deceased. I literally talked to the crows I couldn’t see but heard and genuinely made as respectful of a show I could to avoid crow enemies. It seemed to have worked because I have no current crow enemies.

[@smorgan8002]

I was kinda expecting 'Are Ravens the best pet Dinosaur' video

[@princesseville6889]

​@rohanorton I raised a dove and three ravens - its not even close! You have to show a crow a good food source like twice and they get a pattern. Doves? 6 weeks of PLEASE EAT THE PEA FROM THE FLOOR, I SWEAR ITS EDIBLE! And still, no success.

[@NaerenVastir]

i would love that video

[@fia521]

They are not

[@mycatistypingthis5450]

​@@fia521 absolutely correct, but I love the videos of pets that are a bad idea, like gaboon viper, king cobra or human.

[@Meftu]

​@@rohanorton Pretty much all birds are surprisingly intelligent.

[@canis2020]

We have been owned by a crow that sleeps in the house. He comes through the dog door at night so we got him a porch to sleep on and a ladder to get up onto it. He leaves on the morning and does his thing. Sometimes he will sit on our feet when just watching TV at night. It's pretty rad.

[@aracelylopezpsyd5794]

😮😮😮 how awesome is that?!?! You got adopted without even trying?!?! 😂 But then you just rolled with it & it made itself at home! I love that so much!! 🤗

[@prototropo]

That's great. I would love that. You handled his interest so amiably.

[@kellyharper367]

Sooo cool!

[@Aliandrin]

"That's not my cat." It's not even a cat this time.

[@tiyas5378]

How does it feel living my dream

[@mattmcguiness7627]

I know ravens are capable of mimicking other sounds and even speech, but after going for a walk during the winter in Anchorage, Alaska, over at Kincaid Park, and randomly hearing a turkey gobble sound coming from up in the trees, you can imagine I was quite confused for a short few moments. The cheeky raven in the tree was making turkey sounds....

[@nerdtubewtf]

In Flagstaff AZ I noted that some have learned to mimic little dog barks near one of the places to eat. They so know how to work us humans. We don't stand a chance....

[@Theanxiousdogmom]

That’s hilarious! I wonder why they’d learn that one 🤣 maybe to see the humans look around frantically??

[@AnamLiath]

I raised a nest of blue jays. They were loud, witty and had an obvious Sense of humor. They were great mimics, including talking. After they were released, they came around to steal, usually calling our names. They pulled the pins off the clothes lines, and preened the kid's hair. They were a joy!

[@johannageisel5390]

Stealing and pulling on stuff they are not supposed to pull at seems to be the favourite pastime in several corvidae species. The crows in our community garden frequently pull seedlings or labels out of the ground, and they have also pulled plants out of little pots and thrown the pots around or pulled grass sods out of a bowl we water where the grass was "parked" before being replanted. They also like to peck open containers in which they suspect food. I have started to give them treats at some point and it ended with one of them stealing the treat bag out of my bicycle basket.

[@AnamLiath]

@@johannageisel5390 the last time my family was in Ontario, we stopped for a picnic. The people at the table near ours had a little girl with lovely, long, hair. After they grilled their bratwurst, the little girl tried to explore whilst eating. The ravens surrounded her, one would pull her hair, and the others would steal her sandwich when she was trying to get away. She finished lunch back to back with Mom, while Dad pitched snacks to the ravens.

[@johannageisel5390]

@@AnamLiath Hehe, humans using the distraction tactic back at the birds.

[@morganw.4711]

Clint exclaiming “SOCKS!” And flinging his leg up on the table to show them off is SO RELATABLE!!!

[@mark6302]

I saw a raven yesterday, I thought it was a turkey vulture at first, thing was ginormous. It landed on the roof of the warehouse I work at and it had like a full sandwich it stole from somewhere, awesome.

[@dorkthrone]

I once saw a very pudgy city raven pick up a large bagel and crash into a dumpster because he couldn't get off the ground when fully loaded.

[@thegreivousone2444]

In Alaska the ravens were MASSIVE. I remember sometimes confusing them and bald eagles because they looked the same size

[@akpsyche1299]

@@thegreivousone2444they will also steal food. I remember hearing that the Costcos in Anchorage will reimburse you for the meat you buy if the ravens in the parking lot get into it.

[@lilyayora]

Fun fact: ravens practice their mimicry when alone! Less fun fact: a massive black creature lands on your roof and starts speaking garbled human, and you weren't aware of the fun fact.

[@iamsuzerain3987]

Haven't seen a Crow with a sandwich but I have seen one with a full slice of pizza

[@phoenixkingtheo]

My favorite crow fact was In Denmark (I think, it was somewhere in Europe), they were having a cigarette butt littering problem and one proposed solution was installing little trash cans that would only accept the butts and then training crows to pick up the butts and deposit them for a treat. I don't know if it was ever implemented, but one of the concerns (besides potential health impacts of the butts on the birds) was that crows, being so smart, would just use little twigs or cigaret butt shaped items to trigger the reward.

[@neilarcher6451]

Close. It was in Sweden. A guy in France taught his crows to do the same, by the way. The Swedish company is called Corvid Cleaning. According to their homepage, they are active in Stockholm, but they don't seem to be really (financially) successful with their concept.

[@phoenixkingtheo]

@@neilarcher6451 oh awesome! I was close with the Nordic countries haha! Thanks for the extra info!

[@PeteQuad]

They failed because all the crows got addicted to nicotine and started smoking. Now people have to guard their cigarettes and constantly put out fires from the dropped matches.

[@phoenixkingtheo]

@@PeteQuad that’s hilarious🤣

[@Sparklyishere]

MAKE IT , MAKE THE FILM .

[@theoteddy9665]

since hes not a child, it seems you want him to do adult film, which I find disturbing😢you need to do better!

[@brucegerry1736]

@@theoteddy9665Huh?

[@darcieclements4880]

Yeah that's a good point they're really aren't that many mammals especially if you're only looking at the more unique ones. Most of the mammal species are bats and most of those bats are bats that look almost identical to each other and simply live in different areas. Mammals are definitely at their peak right now or were very recently Tell humans started causing mass extinctions, but that's not saying a lot because mammals have never been an extraordinarily plentiful group. I'd actually argue that we shouldn't even have mammals as a major group in the same way that we shouldn't have reptiles as a major group because there's too much ancient broken apart lineages clumped into one thing. Now I realize the mammals are less ancient in their radiation than the reptiles, but dang are they really really different anatomy and physiology wise. Yes bats are placental mammals but are they really comparable to the rest of the placental mammals at this point? Yes platypie and it could not are both mono dreams but are they really that similar to each other still? Yes marsupials are different from placental mammals but also subgroups being very very different. I guess the thing about mammals is we have a lot of diversity and radiation but not a lot of species conservation. We've lost many of the transitional forms and have diverged in wildly different directions that would honestly be the foundation of entirely independent groups given enough time and enough additional extinctions. Humans have this tendency to create clades around lineages that have been separated by mass extinctions so that the continuation is now missing.

[@chickensalad3535]

@@theoteddy9665Lmao, this comment feels offensive 😂

[@theoteddy9665]

@@chickensalad3535 not very good joke, I admit😂

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

I mean, *we* impale our prey and cook them while (at least historically) celebrating and dancing around it. The Shrike does it with that cold, serial killer ice-stare tho too...

[@BBB_bbb_BBB]

I feed peanuts to the local crows. I usually always wear the same hat and jacket when I go out to do so. My logic for this was that I wanted them to easily identify me. But even when I completely change my outfit, I guess they actually recognize my face or body because they chase me around, so I have to carry peanuts everywhere I go now. Even when I'm wearing my work uniform and walking to work they come after me, which is really surprising because there are a few thousand of us where I work (military) so we all look the same, yet they can still pick me out.

[@cadencenavigator958]

Crows can not only recognize human faces, but /describe/ human faces to each other with enough fidelity for their friends and descendants to recognize specific humans. We know it's specifically the face because of a study some people did with like, full-head masks, where the crows recognized them by the mask rather than by the body.

[@bethanyweber3989]

Can we have a video just on the corvids specifically at some point? They are so awesome. One of my favorite corvid research results involves scrub jays. The researchers would put scrub jays in one of two enclosures for a few hours after they woke up. In one enclosure the jay got dog kibble for breakfast, in the other it got peanuts. After they learned this routine each jay was given the chance to cache food in the two enclosures, and they preferentially cached dog kibble in the peanut enclosure and peanuts in the dog kibble enclosure. They were able to anticipate both that they were going to be put into the enclosures the next day and what they'd get for breakfast there, but also that they might enjoy a little variety when the time came and what steps they needed to take to get it.

[@aspennie]

I’ve been befriending a group of crows. They’re extremely intelligent, and have been following me through my daily walks. Hoping they bring me some shiny gifts soon!

[@President_Starscream]

I am very jealous. It is a dream of mine to befriend a crow or raven, but there just don't seem to be any where I live.

[@aspennie]

@@President_Starscream you’ll find them if you go to a city or even just walk around suburbs for a while. Anywhere that people are, crows will probably be there, cleaning up roadkill and snacking on dropped french fries

[@mattm7798]

Haha, was that a Dark Souls reference? If so....NICE! Also, how did you befriend them?

[@aspennie]

@@mattm7798 no reference, I just have been feeding the crows peanuts!

[@lilyayora]

I befriended a magpie and then he started bringing me cigarettes...

[@colincolenso]

This video answered a question I'd had for 30+ years when as a training Geologist in the Australian outback, I discovered a grasshopper that had seemed to have flown forhead first into a spike on a bush. Now I know it was likely the work of some butcher bird.

[@necroseus]

HA! That is a tragically funny image. I'm glad you found out the truth of it, but it's a little fun to think it was of the poor bug's doing!

[@mandowarrior123]

I'm sure shrikes prefer arse first to prolong the sufferring.

[@GeeVanderplas]

A group of magpies used to work together to steal the food of my mom's cat. Two would make a fuss in the garden to distract her while a third (we she didn't even know was there) came inside the house to steal food from her bowl! Fascinating birds!

[@Daniel-se3zm]

Poor cat.

[@President_Starscream]

My favorite dinosaur may not be a corvid, but corvids ARE among my favorite dinosaurs.

[@aeronothis5420]

Perhaps the intelligence of Corvidae could come up with a better naming convention so that we could figure out who is more closely related to whom.

[@colinhames7377]

Good one😂

[@Rhaegar19]

Brilliant, just let them name themselves

[@aracelylopezpsyd5794]

NICE ONE!!👌🏽

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

For a clade that has a lot of black birds, you have to ask why they allowed a relatively small thrush to take the name "blackbird" (don't talk to me about the SR71).

[@blue_water_jim]

I have 2 "pet" ravens. They are wild and live outside, but I have befriended them with food. They always stay in the same tree and will fly down when I call them. I call them Huginn and Muninn. They love peanuts, and they go crazy when I bring them the occasional piece of uncooked bacon.

[@Es-Flowers]

TMNT name references?

[@blue_water_jim]

@@Es-Flowers Huginn and Muninn are Odins ravens.

[@Es-Flowers]

@@blue_water_jim Thank you for the info!

[@thewerewolfofwaggawagga8818]

are you sure you're not their pet?

[@blue_water_jim]

@thewerewolfofwaggawagga8818 that could be true. They have me trained to bring them food.

[@matyaskassay4346]

As a fellow, although much less experienced biologist I can confirm that living dinosaurs are probably the most unique and interesting group of vertebrates alive today. Their incredible diversity is just one aspect of their awesomeness, but I think what really makes them special is their incredible physiological adaptations to a high-energy lifestyle and most importantly their complex and diverse set of reproductive and migrating behaviours. I started off my biology studies with birds being my least favourite group of vertebrates, but now I can't imagine anyone not being fascinated by them after actually learning about them.

[@sardonicsardonyx359]

if u don't mind explaining, why were birds originally ur least favorite vertebrate to study? and what did u learn that changed that?

[@OddLeah]

Where I live, we have crows, magpies, ravens, blue jays, and northern shrikes. A raven pair recently settled in my neighborhood and I love hearing them gronking to each other. They fly very high as well, compared to the other city birds.

[@samuelkatz1124]

The ravens in my backyard are incredibly smart. I see them stalking squirrels in the fall and trying to find where they hide their nuts and such.

[@pyrpyr5Wolf]

I'm glad you mentioned apostlebirds! They were my favourites to watch while living in outback Queensland. They're extremely intelligent. I often caught them teasing corellas that got themselves stuck inside the cow feed cages. One would sit on the top of the cage outside and another would sneak in. While the one outside kept the corella's attention by squawking and jumping, the one that snuck inside would fly up of peck the corella's back. Not hard enough to ever make it bleed, just a little "tag you're it" kind of tap. They also share out food they find and are super protective around their young.

[@Foolishem]

Ever heard them referred to as “CWA birds” that’s what my dad knows them as 😂 as soon as I saw a flock and heard them chattering I knew why

[@kf1000]

On our farm in Oregon, we have huge Common Ravens and they love our very tall Douglas Fir trees and they come down when we feed our pigs and chickens. We have about 30 of them living on our farm year round. They also occasionally kill newborn baby pigs.... They can be problematic, but they also learned that cow pies contain fly maggots, and they do very important work for us in scattering cow pies (for land fertility) and reducing fly populations. We need them on our farm, so we tolerate the occasional problems they cause for us, like pecking holes in hay tarps.

[@corvinredacted]

I can't tell you how excited I was the day I found out "Corvinae" is a clade that includes my favorite extant theropods- genus Pica.

[@AuroraExotics]

Brilliant! Yes, please make a video about corvid intelligence! They are such incredible birds!

[@kurathchibicrystalkitty5146]

Yes, I am here for the crows and the ravens! They're my favourite type of bird! They're so interesting.

[@michaelkalin2209]

A FEATURE LENGTH FILM!?!??!!!??? love how you guys just dropped that outta nowhere like it's no big deal. so excited!

[@shaunock]

Thanks Clint. Thanks to this video I found out that both Djiti Djiti (Willie wagtails) and Dilabit (Magpie larks) are both corvids. Now I understand why they are so intelligent.

[@zigzaggreg]

Well the Peewee (Magpie Larks) are funny ones, attacking car mirrors and plate glass windows to get at their reflection so much to cause paint damage on cars and knocking themselves out attacking windows!

[@Foolishem]

We’ve got a Peewee (what language group is “Dilabit” from?) that comes and cleans up the crumbs from breakfast. I called him Herman, then one day noticed she had an adolescent with her so she’s Hermione now. She always has a go at her reflection in the bathroom 😅

[@shaunock]

@@Foolishem djiti djiti and dilabit are both Whadjuk names.

[@GothVampiress]

i'm really into these loosely-related tangents on completely other subjects. bagpipes in the squid video? alright! brief english history lesson while describing shrikes? right on! it's a nice little surprise

[@jand.4737]

12:20 perfect advertisement timing 😂 Clint talks about paradise bird mating behaviour "Let's watch it." Ad cuts to a car with 3 guys and a woman. One of the guys eats chocolate while looking at her, the others are beatboxing.

[@Stu161]

Living in Vancouver, BC, you can watch the sky at dusk and see tens of thousands of crows heading east to to their rookery. Never fails to amaze.

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

An acquaintance of mine at Indiana State University years ago participated in a field census of the local crow population in Terre Haute, Indiana. They estimated 30,000 in one flock in a field of corn stubble.

[@anthonysimeone365]

Amazing video as always my friend! The Hawaiian Crow is my favorite corvid. Also I’m not sure if it was the clip you used or it was your decision but having “Puttin’ On The Ritz” over the Birds of Paradise was a genius decision.

[@deed5811]

I agree. Puttin' on the Ritz fit those dance moves so perfectly!

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

I think it was Clint's decision, I've seen all those clips separately and with different music/no music in the past.

[@roadkillreject9977]

Crows are amazing! I have some crow friends and i whistle everytime and they come flying, after a while every time i whistled one of them whistled back the same way and tone. So amazingly smart❤

[@eric2500]

Wait a sec- ravens and crows have different social habits. Ravens are very nuclear family oriented, they bond with a mate or a human for decades. Crows are family oriented as well, but also have huge extended networks in their flocks. Both seem to communicate to family and friends of any species.

[@ClintsReptiles]

Which ravens and which crows?

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

Probably common ravens and carrion crows. Across much of Europe what he said is true, but in some places (well, Ireland) where hooded crows are found instead of carrion crows, you find hooded crows acting like ravens and the "large flock" role taken by rooks.

[@semjart]

I actually GASPED at the problem solving corvids !!!!! I knew they were smart but I had never seen this!!! Incredible!!!

[@claysweetser4106]

Ever since learning about their intelligence, I've been convinced that, if humans hadn't turned up, crows would be the next most likely animal to evolve a similar level of intelligence (though I'll admit that their cranial volume might have made this unlikely). Elephants too.

[@semjart]

@@claysweetser4106 I feel like this too after this video tbh! Just amazinh

[@DarkDiamond-jx2gx]

Feel like the only things holding them back from being pretty much on par with humans is their short life span and their lack of opposable thumbs to help them make better tools since clearly, they grasp the concept of tool making to solve problems. Having only a beak to use won't get them too far. If they had those, I'm fairly certain they'd be either close to, or on par with humans.

[@llSuperSnivyll]

@@DarkDiamond-jx2gx Personally I'm surprised that cockatoos don't seem to have the same abilities as corvids because they are a lot more dexterous, almost using their feet as hands. If they could solve problems and make tools just like corvids do...

[@PeteQuad]

People don't get that our intelligence is not different from animal's intelligence in quality, just in quantity. There is a pretty smooth gradient of intelligence from amoeba to us. The ability to talk fools us. These crows you see are just average crows. You can imagine what the Einstein of crows could do. I'm sure he would be smarter than plenty of really dumb people.

[@melodybentley2386]

I am really glad that people are into that kind of thing Love the direction of covering phylogenetics over reviewing reptiles. That said! I miss seeing the lil cuties hanging out while I daydream about having more reptiles than I can afford!

[@mystra13]

Thanks Clint, now I have Young Frankenstein scenes playing in my head because of the birds of paradise. I learned about butcher birds through The Red Wall Abbey series from Brian Jacques. Vicious & smart little birds.

[@rookbirdblues]

SO EXCITED!!! This group contains my favourite animals in the entire world! I've been asking for this group for SO LONG. Hurray! I work with corvids (three common ravens who live at the falconry centre I vollunteer at.) and they are something else, so smart and emotional. They've started imitating Harris' Hawks distress calls for attention lately.

[@darcieclements4880]

It could be worse, it could be a fire alarm or a car alarm or a screaming child or cussing at you. You don't get talking as frequently from some of the corvids is others but I swear when they decide that they are going to use a word or specific sound it's just going to come out of nowhere and they're going to use it a lot.

[@rookbirdblues]

​@@darcieclements4880Very true!!! They say 'Y'alright buh?' (buh is Suffolk slang for mate basically) over and over, though one has started saying his name. Their range of sounds they use is incredible too!

[@heathersurprise3381]

So excited for this! I love corvids! Also, love the socks Clint 🦖

[@MrMickthemonster]

My favourite are the currawongs. Fearless intelligent and big yellow eyes.. and what a beautiful song.. I love butcher birds and Magpies too (Australian birds )

[@johnoleary5293]

I agree. Currawongs, butcher birds and Australian magpies are the sound of Australia for me. I was walking this morning and my attention was grabbed by the sound of a gray butcher bird in a nearby tree, singing his little heart out. Just glorious.

[@JustACitrus]

As an avid birdwatcher, thank you for the bird videos! I love them!

[@AaronDC83]

I had a brilliant professor in college who did a great lecture on animal intelligence. They were let go when it was discovered they were a group of crows stacked on top of eachother in a trench coat.

[@susanmartin3762]

I LOVE THESE BIRDS!! Our neighbors had Joey and he could sing songs.. some of which were the 60's hit song 🎵"Wipe-out" ( no lyrics just guitar and drums) and "Georgie Girl"🎵 and "The bridge on the river Kwai" with the popular theme song done all in whistles.. no really...a choir of people whistled the song. No lyrics, just whistles! Joey lived over 30 years... he was awesome. They go through the drive-thru at McDolalds for free french fries!😅😅

[@Moulton_Lava]

Awww yes, dancing birds, classic

[@thunderatigervideo]

Go corvids! These birds are so amazing! Thank you so much for diving into this family. Also, I didn’t know shrikes were part of it. Can’t wait for the other birds! I’m really curious about the birds that seem to be born with a degree in civil engineering, like the social weavers.

[@anthonyterlizzi2405]

A large theropod behaving like a butcher bird with its human kills would be awesome dinosaur horror movie material

[@SvenHeidemann-uo2yl]

Corvids are the coolest. I had 3 crows as pets when i grew up. Amazing animals. Sadly only shila made it and got her own Nest when she Was adult. She came back once, years later with a wounded wing. Stayed till it healed and left for good. I had tears of Joy in my eyes, that she remembered us and knew she could return.

[@axlefoley6330]

Crows, ravens and magpies oh my. We kept pigeons when I was young and the worst thing is we used to catch the western ravens trying and often succeeding at opening the aviary door to get and kill them. They would eat them, they’d just kill them. Intelligent creatures but major murderous pains in the butt. Those “fan tails” at least in the west we call them Willy Wag Tails. They are also vicious little bastards, they don’t seem to mind humans but won’t tolerate the presence of other corvids it’s funny to see one chasing a murder of western ravens because one raven is at least 4 times the size of a wagtail but the wagtail will easily chase a murder of ravens off. Also are lyrebirds corvids as well? They are the birds that can imitate almost any sound spookily accurately.

[@ettinakitten5047]

No, they're in their own family.

[@DrachenGothik666]

A group of ravens is actually called an "unkindness". It's flocks of crows that are called a "murder". 🙂

[@axlefoley6330]

@@DrachenGothik666 The western raven is a different bird to what most would consider a true raven and as far as I am aware the collective term is still a murder. Plus as I have said they are indeed murderous little bastards. If I am wrong on the collective term, fine, but that's what I continue to call it because, well it's a man made term and at the end of the day most people are going to know what I am talking about and to be honest it doesn't bother me that much. Also most people around here call them crows, even though they actually aren't crows so you see it actually doesn't matter.

[@AlexP12526]

Where i live in the South of England we have Ravens, Carrion Crows,Rooks,Magpies,Jackdaws and Jays. The only ones we are missing is the Chough. We don't get Shrikes that much here anymore, in fact I think the Redback Shrike is for all intents and purposes extinct here.

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

I think there are choughs in the Lake District (admittedly a good few hours away from where you are, but the same country).

[@that_g3_obsessive]

The fact that corvids act like prehistoric humans probably did is really fascinating. I would love to go a few million years into the future to see how they end up evolving!

[@Johnwashere-dt2ov]

Australia here. Drongos visit my garden every year. I assume they migrate here annually. I am watching and listening to crows as I write this. There are a bunch of other birds in the garden, truly blessed.

[@boglenight1551]

When I see a thumbnail putting Australian Magpies under Corvoidea I know I’m either going to be very annoyed or amazingly surprised… let’s see which one it is Edit: Answer: very annoyed … hmm, okay, maybe not very annoyed, but like Clint, sweetie, Australian Magpies and the rest of Artamidae are not under Corvoidea

[@boglenight1551]

No one disrespects our unofficial national icon like this lol 😜

[@anthony_horton]

Yeah, I felt a bit cheated by that. Australian Magpie in the thumbnail but then it isn't mentioned in the video at all because the video is about Corvoidea and the Australian Magpie isn't in that clade! I have to go look up myself where in the Passeriforme phylogeny it is currently considered to be.

[@darcieclements4880]

​​​@@anthony_hortonSounds like somebody made an oopsie when they made the thumbnail. Of all the oopsies one can make that's one of the lesser ones in my book, hopefully they can fix it easy.

[@boglenight1551]

@@darcieclements4880 Already been fixed, although it hasn’t been addressed. I’m expecting a full apology tour of Australia where Clint finds different magpie families to apologise to.

[@emilysimmons3517]

@@boglenight1551I will support the patreon to fund this tour 💪

[@WilliamEnglish-DominoBones]

A video of my favorite birds on my birthday, great timing!

[@ClintsReptiles]

Happy birthday!

[@mattdobson7598]

My mom used to have a few chickens, and she was constantly scared of hawk attacks until she started feeding a large group of crows who would act as guard-crows for her chickens.

[@Frostfern94]

Never thought I’d be watching a bird mating dance while an instrumental of “Puttin’ on the Ritz” plays in the background but here we are.

[@MinmiGamer]

Magpies are great

[@annmariewilso3016]

The crows around my home in Florida are always in groups. I call them the wolves of the sky. They are very smart. They raid the other birds nests for the babies to eat them. More than once I see them flying over with one in the claws. They even have dropped them in my pool, but never get them out of the pool once dropped. This is curious to me because I know they can get it out.

[@WolfieDawn]

The chlorine fumes can make them pass out and drown so they generally are willing to let it go in favor of living lol

[@DrachenGothik666]

I'm guessing it may have something to do with the chlorine in the pool. They probably don't like the smell or taste of chlorine & refuse to eat anything that has the chemical on it.

[@lovfro]

I have been the lucky recipient of a gift from a corvid. The last place I lived, I had a garden and was able to feed birds, amongst them rooks and European magpies. One day, I found one single ipod lying next to the sunflower seed bowl. The most probable way for a single ipod to end up there, has to be as a gift from one of the birds.

[@whitmerule2753]

oh, we have butcherbirds in australia too (though presumably a different genus using the same name). Our magpies are butcherbirds, not corvids, even though they have the same body and beak morphology as the typical crow; then we have pied and grey butcherbirds, which are more like the ones you show, smaller but with a little grasping hook on the end of the beak. Formidable though! One of my quails got out of my aviary once and the first I knew was the parrots shrieking an alarm call - I got to the window in time to see a the quail huddled right at the door of the aviary and a grey butcherbird hardly larger than he was swooping down on him. By the time I could get out of the door they were both gone, leaving only a bloodstain.

[@Cuhiskh]

Thank you for another spectacular episode, Clint! I think the Mos Eisley Legonester may be a contender for best pet dinosaur (maybe come April?). Looking forward to the lepidosauria film!

[@ClintsReptiles]

I do have a Lego video coming up...

[@artemesiagentileschini7348]

I loveeee seeing Philippine endemics here like the following: 5:20 ish, one of the pied fantails here might be a Philippine pied fantail (Rhipidura nigritorquis) - Marya kapra 5:29 Visayan blue fantail (Rhipidura albiventris) 9:08 Celestial monarch (Hypothymis coelestis) And some migratory/non-endemic native bird like the Japanese paradise-flycatcher, black-naped monarch etc...

[@firefox5926]

13:45 few people know this but they were infact the first birds to invent molded thermoplastic they actually use them as defense against larger animals by dropping lego blocks around their nesting aera so that larger animals will trod on them in the middle of the night and be caused much pain ... they're also known as the lego minefield bird

[@JerboGod]

18:26 even the chair sounded like Rexie

[@russellwhisenant5554]

Thank you so much! I love the video! I also really like your idea for video all about Corvid intelligence. If you got really ambitious you could make it a 🧠'battle of the bird brains'☢ between Corvids and parents, but I agree studies on Corvid intelligence alone could fill a whole video. Keep up the great work.

[@deanought3695]

Yes!! This is the best :D birds are pretty fly.

[@kennethmullen-qe9hg]

Penguinos... The flyest birds which will never fly under its or their own power...other than through the water or slalomin' down an icy incline on the feathery divesuit bellies, GOD SO graciously gifted them with. Also, birds ARE PRETTY FLY... Pretty FLY, for a FLIGHT GUIDE! LmMFaO!!! ;) :P :o)

[@coffeegator6033]

I hope somewhere a hummingbird was watching this and said "He says we're raptors too!"

[@cathleenc6943]

"I really blue it. Famous last words after eating a Blue-capped Ifrit." Lol, I am dying! 😂😂😂

[@CasualFehPlayer-rf6sl]

We have Butcher Birds in Australia too but I think they are more related to our Magpies and Currawongs than Africas Butcher Birds. If I’m wrong about this someone please let me know as I’m no expert and am only remembering what I read in books.

[@elifia]

You are correct. Australian magpies, butcherbirds and currawongs are cracticines, which are not part of the clade discussed in this video (Corvoidea) but of its sister clade Malaconotoidea.

[@CasualFehPlayer-rf6sl]

@@elifia cool thanks for letting me know that’s reassuring I just thought it was wired he had our magpie on the thumbnail.

[@boglenight1551]

Clint has made a terrible mistake, one that can only be rectified through an entire video dedicated to the amazing bird which is the Australian Magpie, which is not, I repeat is not, under Corvoidea!

[@SpencerHHO]

Hey I found another case of messed up common names indirectly from this video. We have shrikes and butcher birds in Australia but they aren't closely related to those from Laniidae. They look very similar with local butcher birds being almost identical both in appearance and behaviour. These bird videos are my favourite because it reminds me of how lucky I am to be a bird enthusiast living in Australia. Aside from the birds of paradise and the true shrikes I think I have at least one species from all of these groups either visiting regularly or actively living on my property. I have 2 families of Australian magpies living in my backyard. I leave water out for them and dried mealworms as a treat sometimes. Even when they have babies and fledglings they are pretty relaxed with our pressence. We sometimes get Australian ravens come past which are incredibly common in urban areas but less so where we are. I've also seen a Currawong or 2 which looks like a corvid is about as smart but is only distantly related, which I also just learnt fact checking before posting this comment. Currawongs look like Australian Ravens but slightly smaller with bright yellow or red eyes and have a song that's even nicer than an Australian magpie. I also get 2 species of black cockatoo and 3 other species of cockatoo regularly, not to boast or anything.

[@chenjung407ad]

I really hope you get to the Artamidae soon, particularly Cracticinae, and cover Australian Magpies, Butcherbirds, and Currawongs. Also please talk about the Australian crow and raven species.

[@boglenight1551]

Feeling like the Australians are going to be educating you again, Clint ;)

[@necroseus]

Fantastic video!! I've beem waiting for one about these guys :)! Really cool to learn where they originate from. And YES on a video on corvid intelligence!!! Would love to see it! I am however confused with the lumping of crows, rooks, and ravens together as arbitrary types of the same species. Would you be able to explain that a bit more? I know in some places, the terms rook, raven, and crow are loosely applied terms because they are all just loud, black birds. However where I'm from, people seem to make more of a distinction. Rooks, crows, and ravens all have different beak shapes, with rooks having pale colours around their tall and wedgelike beak, crows having small and slightly curved beaks, and ravens having really large and curved beaks. All of these birds have completely different vocalizations than one another, too. Rook calls are rather strained and gull-like, as well as having an assortment of rattles at varying cadences. Crows have pitched, scratchy caws at a medium to fast intervals and quick trills of clicks. Ravens have a huge variety of calls that range from slow, deep and croaken, rapid knocking, and even to sounds like a plucked strung instrument. Rooks, crows, and ravens all also have pretty different plumage. Crows are very sleek, whereas ravens (and to some extent, rooks) carry their feathers such that they look heavy and scruffy. And last but not least are the sincere behavioural differences. Ravens soar and do tricks like diving and spinning in the air, throwing food between their feet and mouth as they carry it home. They also tend to be very solitary, always flying around as a pair with their mate. Crows on the other hand stay in huge flocks and move from place to place as they scour around for food, don't do tricks, and aren't able to soar. So, why are these birds considered to just be the same? They seem so different to me. Thanks in advance! Sorry for the long read haha :)

[@DrachenGothik666]

He didn't call rooks, crows & ravens the same species. He said they were simply black birds with few major differences except size & beak types.

[@necroseus]

@@DrachenGothik666 Ah, okay. Thanks for the clarification

[@jallenscott]

Corvids are without a doubt my favorite group of animals. Their intelligence, personalities, and just some of their appearances are just amazing to me.

[@TynuV]

Yesterday morning I saw two crows and a magpie in my garden and thought "wouldn't it be great if Clint did a video on corvids". I'm now assuming they were part of your marketing team :D

[@Symphing12]

Oh excellent!!! Some of my favorite birds! Please do the birds faster! What are some of the ancestral traits as opposed to derived traits we see outside of the ancestral range?

[@DevynPlaysGames]

I had no clue blue jays were in the family corvidae, or that they could MIMIC HUMAN SPEECH!? they have now become my favorite birds

[@aprillittle7131]

Look up a blue jays "whisper song" they make this r2d2 sound that is just hilarious

[@susanmartin3762]

🤣🤣😂🙂🤣😆🤣🤣😂🙂 those mating dance of the "black n blue frisbee bird JUST SLAYS ME???😅🎉 Almost as cute as the peacock jumping spider! Check that one out. You'll love it!

[@A3319]

Aussie Magpies aren't Corvoids. In the family Artamidae I think Some Heron species also bait fish

[@johnoleary5293]

Yes but I think both Corvidae (crows etc) and Artamidae (Australian magpies, currawongs, butcherbirds, woodswallows) both belong to the broader group Corvoidea. That’s until someone comes along and reclassifies them. 😂😂😂. There’s also a suggestion that the Passerines as a whole evolved about 60 million years ago in that part of Gondwana that is now Australia.

[@johnoleary5293]

Meant to add that I thought this was such an entertaining and informative video.

[@A3319]

@@johnoleary5293 I tried checking if they were in Corvoidea, and turned up nothing, but I guess I was wrong xP Thanks for the info!

[@skinksalinger2306]

haven't watched the video yet but the thumbnail is an Australian Magpie. they're non corvid passerines right?

[@boglenight1551]

To my knowledge, they’re not corvoidea, but I’m halfway through this video.

[@skinksalinger2306]

@@boglenight1551 I spend a lot of time with Aussie magpies. Their intelligence and appearance seems to have convergently evolved

[@boglenight1551]

@@skinksalinger2306 I do too, it’s an amazing example of convergent evolution and similarity of traits despite being so distantly related

[@skinksalinger2306]

that's exactly what i've learned through working with them myself! they're very interesting birds!

[@rheiagreenland4714]

Crows (and ravens and also rooks i guess but nobody ever talks about rooks) are my favorite birds to just sit back and watch where I live. I love their intelligence, their stark, black color, I find their caws and calls just very soothing and therapeutic, I love watching them scavenge, fly and perch on leafless trees in groups, and you can get fairly close to them without spooking them, but they will fly away once you get too close, and I feel very comfortable with that distance. I'm fascinated by the perceptions that human cultures have had of them, and to me they represent the beauty and calm of nature. They come out most around Autumn, which is pretty cool because autumn seems to be when there's just lots of stuff on the ground like leaves, nuts, and insects for them to scavenge, and they perch on trees that often have lost their leaves, which to me at least represents the circles of life, what dies is scavenged and feeds the next generation of life. And their intelligence, curious but cautious nature, the comfortable distance I mentioned, is very cool to me. And their black color and kind of edgy, arcane connotations kinda makes them seem kinda metal which makes them even cooler. Perhaps I am so fascinated and intrigued by these amazing corvids because I see so much of myself in them. I've always been someone more interested in watching and observing animals in nature than having and taking care of a pet myself. Perhaps that's why so many other humans have also been intrigued by them, perhaps the kind of personality drawn to observing them the most is almost reflected by their nature.

[@LMcAwesome]

As you say, Edward I might have had lovely curls but was a total badass. He was 6ft2 and had an incredible temper. He was once captured by his enemies but escaped and then beat them in a later battle. He went on crusade after that and fought in the holy land. A hashishin assassin tried to kill him and broke into his rooms while he slept but Edward woke and fought hand to hand, killing the legendary assassin. He became king after the crusade and conquered Wales and then set about Scotland. One of his names was Malleus Scotus - the hammer of the scots. Pretty cool really.

[@leilavalens3617]

What a dude. Rotten person, but totally badass.

[@Gripen1974]

This is a group of birds which have interspecies communication and organization, have seen magpies, jackdaws and crows work together to reach a common goal. as drive out the Black-headed gulls from park and then they shared the food after the gulls was gone. also seen them work together to drive of a cat or a fox. Plus break into a trashcan. This birds are scary smart.

[@raggedyanarchist]

Oh my gosh -- the Magpie Jay looks like a bluejay with dreadlocks where his pompadour should be and I love him with my whole heart.

[@sokar_rostau]

Aussie slang: The cockie is usually a bit of a galah but the bloody drongo didn't have to scare the penguins with his budgie smugglers.

[@MadailinBurnhope]

"the word Dicruridae even means... forked tail" really channelling Alan Grant when you said that!

[@joanfregapane8683]

Incredible! The feathered Longshanks…whew!

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

18:26 I love you for being this dorky on camera 😂 If be yourself needed a representative 😁

[@ChrisFixedKitty]

Another crow befriender here. My local extended family of ravens not only recognize me at home, but also when I'm cycling in full yellow jacket and helmet. My name seems to be 4 short caws and a very slight pause and then a long caw.

[@TheVelvet99]

please do vultures next!! love the phylogeny series but i'm excited to get into birds i don't know that much about them!

[@ChompDude]

My favorite video about ravens is the one where the guy who looks like a modern day Edgar Allan Poe calls his pet raven a narcissistic psycopath.

[@CrankyGrandma]

I’m currently visiting family in New Zealand. I had no idea fantails were corvoids. They are amazing, and all over the place here. Beautiful sound, bold and friendly, and their movement is amazing.

[@infiniteboredom9642]

Just picturing a bunch of birds playing futuristic jazz, thank you for that

[@jameswoodard4304]

If corvids ever somehow acquire thumbs, we might be in trouble.

[@andreareventon]

At our summer job, selling berries at an outdoor stand, there's a Jackdaw that has shown up three years in a row. We recognize it because it has a permanent baldspot on the tail and it has come to recognize the few recurring staff that are there. It has become one of our fav. parts of going to work as it'll often sit and wait for us in the morning. It was how we learned about the facial recognition ability of Corvidae and now it's one of our fav. birds.

[@eric2500]

The Blue Jays in my yard are fun to watch and I enjoy watching them, even their cries, even if they did dive bomb me when I was returning their fallen young one to the tree so she/ he could creep up and try that flying thing again!

[@ravenixa3462]

I love Ravens and I’ll always will, but I didn’t know they were related to birds of paradise, which makes me love them even more cause that’s awesome

[@IrinaGreenman]

This was one of my favorites out of all your years of videos (and congratulations on that anniversary, by the way). I am so looking forward to the rest of your bird videos, and i will be absolutely ready to curl up in a blanket for that nine hour film!